Gebel Ekma, Matulla Formation, Sinai - Bed 22 (Cretaceous of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (28.7° N, 33.2° E: paleocoordinates 10.2° N, 28.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: shaly Member (Matulla Formation), Coniacian (89.8 - 86.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified shale and lithified marl

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression, original aragonite, original calcite

Collection methods: Description of collected corals, coralline sponges, and bryozoans is outside the scope of the study.

Primary reference: G. M. El Qot. 2006. Late Cretaceous macrofossils from Sinai, Egypt. Beringeria 36:3-163 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 114803: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 25.08.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• See reference for (partly lumped) abundance data.
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Pycnodonte (Costeina) costei" = Pycnodonte costei, Gyrostrea thevestensis
"Pycnodonte (Costeina) costei" = Pycnodonte costei Coquand 1869 oyster